Ah. The so-called polonium episode, as I like to refer to it. Six reasons you can't take the Litvinenko report seriously | The Guardian >There is also the que

Ah. The so-called polonium episode, as I like to refer to it. Six reasons you can't take the Litvinenko report seriously | The Guardian >There is also the question of Litvinenko’s dramatic deathbed statement implicating Putin that drew so much international attention. Early media reports suggest the statement was composed by Litvinenko himself and dictated to his associate, Alexander Goldfarb. The inquiry report describes Goldfarb as the co-author of the book Death of a Dissident with Marina Litvinenko. It does not mention that he was a close ally of Berezovsky’s. >Later media reports quote Goldfarb as saying that he wrote the statement himself and checked it with Litvinenko. Another account suggests the statement was drafted by the family lawyer, George Menzies, and discussed with the PR firm Bell Pottinger, acting for Berezovsky. >Which is correct? And even more importantly, the statement does not explain how Litvinenko could possibly have known of the Russian president’s culpability, nor does it offer evidence to back up the allegation. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/05/litvinenko-report-get-it-wrong-putin https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/05/litvinenko-rep... Britain WANTED Alexander Litvinenko dead NOT the Kremlin says murdered former KBG agent's brother | Mirror >"My father and I are sure that the Russian authorities are not involved. It's all a set-up to put pressure on the Russian government." >"Why else would the court be called to hold this inquiry only after 10 years?' >"The West appear to be collaborating with Russia in Syria but it's not real-there's still sanctions." >He claimed that British authorities had not collaborated with Russian investigators on his brother's case and cast doubt on whether polonium was really the murder weapon saying he believes it could have been planted to frame the Russians. >He said: "I believe he could have been killed by another poison maybe thallium, which killed him slowly and the polonium was planted afterwar https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britain-wanted-alexander-litvinenko-dead-7222278 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britain-wanted-alexand...